Golden Globes 2012: And the Winners Are....

The 69th annual Golden Globe Awards were held on Sunday night in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, with Ricky Gervais serving as host for a third straight year. But enough preamble — here are the winners in the TV categories, indicated in BOLD.

Especially happy for the GG awards to Claire Danes & Homeland, one of my favorite shows this season. And congratulations to Octavia Spencer for her GG award for The Help. To me she had one of the most memorable performances in the movie. Congratulations!

Award shows are such over-inflated, self congratulatory BS. They’re competitions in which anything very new or original are dismissed right out of the gate. Then it’s a race to see how stuffy and boring they can be (so that they seem really smart, of course… because stuffy boring shows are smart by default) while sometimes also selecting a token member of some downtrodden people to dangle an award in front of like they’re an animal in some sideshow, all while trying to appear as though they’re super inclusive and not just petty bottom feeders.

They’re disgusting. They’re a sham. And they do nothing but feed the egos of mediocre actors/producers/directors/writers.

When it comes to the best actors/movies/shows out there, you will probably never see them at an award show.

I am bummed that Meryl Streep won. I feel like she won because she is Meryl, not because of her acting. I wanted Viola Davis to win so bad. Can someone explain to me why Emma Stone wasn’t nominated for anything. I loved her in Crazy Stupid Love and The Help, but she got no love.

I totally agree. I feel like Viola got snubbed. Meryl is amazing that’s not even a question but The Help is an overall better film than the Iron Lady. Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and the rest of the cast were phenomenal. Viola should have won point blank period. There’s still the SAG Awards…hopefully Viola will take that :)

I’m with Joseph. Meryl Streep’s performance was so much better than Viola Davis. It’s not even on the same level. Meryl didn’t win because of her name. Otherwise she would have won every time and believe it or not, she has lost before. Most recently for Doubt (lost to Kate Winslet) and Mamma Mia (lost to Sally Hawkins).

Yay for Idris Elba..!! he hasn’t always taken the best roles but The Wire and Luther (which is coming back for a third season!) have really give him the space needed to show his acting chops, glad he’s getting recognized, hope this leads to us seeing more from him and some more diverse roles. I’d love to see him in some indie films…

Happy for Idris Elba and his Golden Globe (could have done without the sneakers though lol). If you haven’t seen it, check out The Big C season 1. He was in several episodes. In fact, he has a scene so steamy I rewound it several times and I can’t remember the last time I did that. He put the awful opening scene of Don Cheadles’ in the House of Lies premiere to shame.

I can’t believe what I saw yesterday. Please, Jessica Lange is very good actress, but this award MUST be for Maggie Smith (who, besides being a God in this world, she is an actress that would deserved a prize).
I don’t undestand that.

Yay for Idris Elba..!! he hasn’t always taken the best roles but The Wire and Luther (which is coming back for a third season!) have really give him the space needed to show his acting chops, glad he’s getting recognized, hope this leads!